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RACK FOR HANGING 0F ARTICLES AND THE LIKE.

APPLICAHON FILED JUNE 4, 1917.

Patent-ed Apr. 20, 1920.

OTTO HENRY FRANK,

0F BROOKLYN,

NEW YORK,

RACK FOR HANGING 03? ARTICLES AND FE LIKE.

Application filed June 4, 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Orro HENRY FRANK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Racks for Hanging or" Articles and the like, of which the following. is a full, clear, concise, and exact description.

This invention relates to an article hanging rack suitable for fastening around water boilers, pipes, poles or other upright supports. Its object is to fasten it around such supports that permit of no nails or screws being driven, fastened or projecting therefrom that could not be readily removed.

This invention consists more particularly of a strap or band having outwardly projecting prongs or hooks, and which is suitable to wind around an upright support, having its ends clamped together tightly by means of a clasp or hook and lever so that the rack can support great weights hung on the said hooks.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which Figures 1, 2 and 3 show the details of construction of the rack, and Fig. l shows the rack applied to an ordinary water boiler.

In the drawings is shown the strap or band 1 provided at one end with a lever 2 pivoted like a hinge at 3. To the lever 2 is secured a wire hook 4, bent at its free end 5 to engage with any one of the apertures 6, punched at equal distances apart near the opposite end of the strap 1. A flexible spring catch 7 is riveted at the strap 1 in a position to engage the lever 2 by entering the aperture 8 therein, when said lever is folded back against the strap 1, as shown in Fig. 2. A. plurality of bent wire hooks 9 are fastened to the outside of said strap 1 by means of their bent portions 10 that engage in holes formed in the members 11 riveted to the strap 1.

As shown in Fig. at the strap 1 may be affixed to the support 12 by being wound around the same, and the portion 5 of hook t engaged in an aperture 6 with the lever 2 pulled out from the latch 8 as far as possible, and then folded back again against the strap 1 and over the latch 8 which thereby holds the lever 52 in operative position, flush with the strap (see Figs. 2 and 3).

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 20, 1920.

Serial No. 172,754.

t is readily seen from this that considerable force may be applied to pull the ends of strap 1 together tightly around the support 12 without much exertion on the part of the o erator. his is due to the leverage that is produced by having the lever 2 rather long compared with the distance between the pivoted point 3 of the l ver and the piv oted point 13 of the hook l. l is also evident from the construction of the hooks 9 that any number of them can be easily removed from their supports 11 when only a limited number are needed, or may be folded up flush against the strap when not temporarily needed.

It is to be understood that this rack may be used on supports of a great variety of diameters and shapes. lhis is due to the large number of apertures 6, and to the flexibility of the strap 1. The rack can be used in places where only part of the circumference of the support is available for use as an article hanging space, due to a crowded surrounding condition, and where only a limited number of hooks 9 may be utilized.

Although I have only illustrated and described a particular construction of my invention, it is to be understood that there may be other forms thereof that would come within the scope of the invention which will be limited only by the scope of the appended claim.

What I claim is:

A. device of the character described comprising a flexible scrap for encircling a support, hooks carried by said strap for the purpose of supporting articles thereupon, a lever journaled upon one end of said strap and provided with an opening, a spring catch located upon said strap and provided with a portion for extending through said opening in order to hold said lever in a pre determined position relatively to said strap, and a hook carried by said lever and made of a single piece of spring wire bent back upon itself and provided with a centrally disposed reverting portion for extending into an opening adjacent the opposite end of the strap.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 26th day of May, A. D. 1917.

OTTO HENRY FRANK. 

